Paper bag construction



June 4, 1935. G. w. POPPE PAPER BAG CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 12, 19515620962 14 Pop/ 5 141M. ATTORNEY Patented June 4, 1935 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE PAPER BAG CONSTRUCTION a corporation of New ApplicationAugust 12,

4 Claims.

This invention relates to paper bags and similar receptacles andparticularly such as may be produced by machines and processes now inuse and without waste of paper at the same time providing means forholding the mouth of the bag closed with means whereby the bag may bereadily carried.

In my Patent No. 1,895,267, granted January 24, 1933 I have describedthe bag of the present invention but the claims of said patent aredirected to one of the several forms therein disclosed. In the presentapplication I show some of the identical forms illustrated in saidpatent but the claims of the present application are directed tomodifications not claimed in said patent.

A feature of the bag disclosed'in the present application relates to theprovision of means for closing the bag mouth preferably in the form ofone or more tabs which in the process of forming the bag are cut fromthe fiapwhich closes the bottom of the preceding bag section.

A further feature of the invention relates to a bag of this character inwhich means are provided whereby the same may be readily carried.Further features and advantages will become apparent from the followingdetailed description and claims when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing in which:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper portion of my improved bag;

Figure 2 is a similar view of a slightly different form in which twotabs are supplied for closing the bag mouth; and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the reverse side of the bag shown inFigure 2 and serves to illustrate how the'bag is formed from bagsections without waste of paper.

My improved bag is preferably formed in a manner similar to that of thebag envelope described in my Patent No. 1,7 98,168,,granted MarchReferring to Figure 1, each bag section is formed with a front wall Iand a rear wall 2 and a flap 6 which is a prolongation of the rear wall2. The bottom of the bag is closed by a flap which is a prolongation ofthe front wall I as clearly indicated in Figure 3. The flap 6 ofone bagis cut out of the wall 2 of the preceding bag section as is clearlyillustrated in Figures 12 and 13 of my said Patent No. 1,798,168.

The bag construction shown in the present application differs from thatof my Patent No. 1,895,267 in that the prolongation 6 serves as a handlefor carrying the bag and the tabs 9 of the Figure 1 construction or thetabs 53 and it of the Figure 2 construction serve to close the York1933, Serial No. 684,775

bag mouth. In the Figure 1 construction the paper web is overlapped to asomewhat greater extent than in the Figure 2 construction but in bothconstructions there are two lines of paste 4 and 5 and the front wall ofthe bag is provided with either a single tab 9 or with a plurality oftabs l3 and M which are adapted to pass through slits ID or H and I2respectively. I also form an opening I through both plies of the overlapand between the lines of paste. The tab 9 is likewise between the linesof paste but the tabs l3 and M are outside of the paste lines.

From the consideration of Figure 3 it will be noted that the tabs in thefront wall I of the bag are cut out of that portion of the wall 2 whichis to form the bottom flap of another bag. Therefore this type of bag,whether provided with one tab or two, can be made without waste.

What is clamed is:

l. A paper bag having a front wall, a tab formed as a prolongationthereof, a rear wall having overlapped plies forming a wide seam, pastelines near the edges of the seam and a slit in the rear wall throughwhich said tab may be passed to close the mouth of the bag, said slitbeing between the paste lines.

2. A paper bag having a front wall, a tab formed as a prolongationthereof, a rear wall having overlapped plies forming a wide seam,

paste lines near the. edges of the seam and a slit 'ifi'the rearwwallthrough which said tab may be passed to close the mouth of the bag, aflap formed as aprolongation of the rear wall, a finger hole in saidflap passing through both plies thereof and between the paste lines.

3. A paper bag having a front wall, a tab formed as a prolongationthereof, a rear wall having over-lapped plies forming a wide seam, pastelines near the edges-of the seam, a slit'in the rear'wall through whichsaid tab may be passed to close the mouth of the bag, a flap formed as aprolongation of the rear wall, a finger hole in the said flap passingthrough both plies thereof, said slit and hole being within the pastelines.

4. A paper bag having a front wall and a rear wall, the latter havingoverlapped plies forming a wide seam, paste lines near the edges of theY seam, a flap which is a prolongation of the said rear wall, a fingeropening through both plies oi the overlap and between the lines ofpaste, two tabs formed as a prolongation of the front wall and outsideof said paste lines and slits in the rear wall adjacent said tabs andthrough which they may be passed to close the bag mouth.

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